The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1887-11-10

prohibition, and it was rather clos
call for Richland county. Their
will undoubtedly be ample opportu
nifty for our people to decide, i,
the following few years. whethe
a high license law is preferable t
prohibitory law.
The Red River Valley base bal
league met at Fargo the other da,
and awarded the championship pen
nant to Fargo, the official coun
standing as follows:
Won. Lost. Pr. Ct
Grand Forks. s...................Y : 20
Fergus FallS.................. 10 20
| WahpetOh. ............ ....... Il IL
A. B. Hilliard, foreman of the
Cleveland farm, this county, and
Miss Oracle Cory of Belmont, Trai
county. this territory. were married
last week, and Mr.. Hillard and hi.
pretty bride passed through Wah
peton Saturday to their home or
the farm. THE TIMES tenders its
congratulations to the happy younf
couple with the hope that they may
live long in prosperity.
The city council held a specia
meeting last evening to consider &
proposition to take the water works
off the hands of the Wahpeton
Water Co. The company las II float.
ing indebtedness of $4,000 and not
having the means to pay the $500
interest in February next. propose
to stand from under, either letting
the city have the works or allowing
the mortgages to foreclose-and
there are conditions and conditions.
Taxpayers, put on your thinking
caps and look the matter up, and see
what the city shonld do. The coun.
Gil has the matter under adv;sement.
Sargent county has an unfortu.
nate family near Ransom city named
Barr who seem to have gone crazy
or have been carried away on sort
of religious frenzy. The family
consisted of father and mother and
two or three children, the eldest child
being twelve years old. The family
shut themselves up in their house
and for the most part sang gospel
songs, and when any one approached
the door they would stop singing and
say nothing unless the intruder Of
fered to 60 in, when the mother
wonld say to such that they were
not Gods children, and for them to
90 away-they could not get in. FL
nally the authorities took charge of
the family and it is thought that at
least the mother will have to be sent
to the asylum. The father and chill.
dren may come out all right.
The knights of Pythias of this
city are arranging for happy dance
Thanksgiving night at Turner Hall.
The grand lodge of this order meets
here next year, at which meeting
will be several departments of the
Uniform Rank, and the present
dance is to aid in procuring means
TO purchase uniforms for the order
here to be worn at that time. 1t is
proposed to make this one of the
most enjoyable parties possible,
which will pay participants aside
from the satisfaction of seeing Wah.
peton entertain the hundreds of vis-
itors in a most becoming manner
when the time shall have rolled
round. Remember the date for this
dance. Thanksgiving night. The
band boys, we l'elieve, have given
way for this cause, all of which is
very kind of the band.
Mr. and Mrs. w. NJ. Robbins, liv.
ing some six miles north of Lidger.
wood are enjoying visit from their
son-in-law and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. B. Elliston of Brookings
county. this territory. The young
folks arrived about nine O'Clock
Saturday night, at which time We
happened to be in the house, and the
way Grandma Robbins rushed round
to get hold of the baby, few
months old, and ran up to the lamp
light to look at it for the first time
would have been a caution to mos
married people with no babies
The grandmother gave the youngste1
a lot of baby talk. informing it wht
held it and so on. We did not see
however, but that the heir looked
just about us mad as most kid
would under such circumstances
The young people had been ava,
two years and the household wa
made glad at their coming.